Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this brief two-minute excerpt, Geshe Pema Tsering addresses a precise practical question: can a practitioner take bodhisattva vows independently, without a formal ceremony? He uses the six-session Guru Yoga as his example, showing how its longer version moves step by step from aspiring bodhicitta — the heartfelt wish to attain enlightenment for all beings — to engaging bodhicitta, the active commitment to bodhisattva conduct. His key point is that even without having formally received the qualified bodhisattva vows from a teacher, making these pledges through daily recitation still carries genuine benefit. A concise clarification for practitioners already engaged in regular Guru Yoga practice.
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File: 25 BD 2002 04 11.mp3
Teacher: Geshe Pema Tsering
Collection: Bodhisattva Deeds (Geshe Pema Tsering)
Date: 2002-04-11
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~213
One yeah. One can practice that take similar type of the Buddhist after a while by oneself. But by doing for example, like, doing a six-session Guru Yoga practice, practice, the the talking about long long long version, it comes the first taking, you know, first but recite the text, it comes step by step. The first part comes the first comes the taking this so called aspiring bodhicitta. And after aspiring bodhicitta comes making place to develop the the engaging bodhicitta.
So therefore, one can do that, but it’s not one by doing so, by reciting so forth, on making pledges to to do the bodhisattva vows and take do the activities of the bodhisattva. But one one hasn’t received so called the qualified bodhisattva vows, but during such practice, okay, one can receive the benefits.